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®
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®
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BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide
Contents
i
Contents
Introduction 1
Security device 2
Installing the software 2
Resources & support 3
Software upgrades 5
Getting Started 6
First things first 7
Sew a ready-made design 9
Modify an entire design 10
Create a simple lettering design 12
Create an embroidery monogram 12
Create auto embroidery 13
Next steps 14
Happy embroidery! 16
BERNINA Embroidery Software Quick Reference 17
Embroidery Canvas toolbars 17
Embroidery Canvas toolbox 23
Multi-Hooping toolbar 29
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide
Introduction
1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Welcome to BERNINA
®
Embroidery
Software, the leading embroidery design
application for home users. This is an
MS Windows
®
-based product
incorporating many of the conventions
with which most PC users are already
familiar.
BERNINA Embroidery Software is unique
in providing seamless integration with
CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 by the Corel
Corporation, the most popular
vector-based drawing package for home
users. This combination offers a more
efficient, user-friendly approach to embroidery design by combining the embroidery
capabilities of BERNINA Embroidery Software with graphical capabilities of CorelDRAW
®
. It
also allows users to create not just embroidery, but true, multi-medium designs.
Note CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 and its sister product, Corel PHOTO-PAINT
®
Essentials X6
can also be run as standalone applications. For a full description of the tools, refer to the
electronic User Guide available via the Windows Start > Programs group. Alternatively, use
the onscreen help available from the Graphics mode Help menu.
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 2
First-time users
If you are new to BERNINA Embroidery Software, you’ll
be pleased with its flexible digitizing capabilities, the ease
with which you can create and edit designs, and how
simple it is to add or create your own lettering. However,
before you begin working with the product, please read
Getting Started.
Update users
BERNINA Embroidery Software is an enhanced version of
our earlier products. It has many new and expanded
features. Please read the Release Notes available from the
Help menu to quickly familiarize yourself with the scope
of these improvements.
Security device
BERNINA Embroidery
Software is protected by a
dongle security device. If
this is not detected when
you attempt to launch the
application, the system
will not run. Each dongle
has a serial number and
identity code so your
system can be uniquely recognized.
The dongle is the most valuable part of your system and
should be treated with care. Always store it in a safe
place when not in use. The dongle is guaranteed against
defects in material and workmanship, under normal use
and service when properly installed, for a period of 12
months from the date of delivery. However, in case of loss
or theft, you will need to purchase an entire BERNINA
Embroidery Software replacement system. For this
reason, you should consider insuring your dongle.
Installing the software
The installation procedure lets you choose:
where the software and sample designs will be
installed on your PC or network
which components will be installed – e.g. additional
languages, BERNINA Portfolio, etc.
which documentation files will be installed.
If you are updating your software, do not uninstall the
current version. Let the installation procedure do this for
you.
To install the software
Close any other applications open on your computer.
USB Dongle
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®
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Disable the Firewall and anti-virus software to ensure
software and drivers install correctly.
Insert the installation disk into your DVD drive and
follow the prompts.
You will be prompted to attach your dongle.
If you have an update kit, you will be prompted to
attach your old dongle as well.
If your PC already contains one or more older versions
of BERNINA Embroidery Software:
You are prompted to choose a version to merge
with.
The older version will be merged with the new
when the PC reboots.
CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 is installed as part of the
normal installation.
You are given the option to restart with the new
installation. Shortcut icons are placed on the
MS Windows
®
desktop and in the Start > Programs
group.
Open BERNINA Embroidery Software.
Any changes that you may have made to your old
BERNINA Quilter fabric library will now be merged
with the latest installation. The installation also
merges any user-defined patterns or motifs.
Resources & support
BERNINA Embroidery Software provides various ways to
access information about the software and how to use it.
It also provides links to sources of ready-made
embroidery designs.
Access BERNINA and
OESD embroidery
design studios
Access onscreen
documentation
Order and install
upgrades
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®
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Onscreen documentation
Depending on your product level, documentation
components will include some or all of the following:
Release notes
A set of release notes is included with the software
installation. These provide detailed information about
new and improved features as well as direct links to the
relevant sections of the Reference Manual.
Reference manual
The Reference Manual provides detailed procedures
covering all features of the BERNINA Embroidery
Software ‘Embroidery Canvas’. The BERNINA Cross Stitch
and BERNINA Quilter applications are documented in
separate supplementary manuals.
Note For a full description of the CorelDRAW
®
tools
available in Artwork Canvas, refer to the electronic User
Guide available via the Windows Start > Programs
group. Alternatively, use the onscreen help available from
the Graphics mode Help menu.
Onscreen help
Onscreen help provides quick access to general
information on BERNINA Embroidery Software features
and step-by-step instructions. An <F1> keypress accesses
context-sensitive help.
Supplementary help
With your BERNINA Embroidery Software installation,
you will have also received supplementary help accessible
from ancillary applications:
BERNINA Cross Stitch: This covers the capabilities of
the special BERNINA Cross Stitch application.
BERNINA Quilter: This covers the capabilities of the
special BERNINA Quilter application.
Online resources
There are many other sources of ready-made embroidery
designs which you can purchase and adapt as you wish.
Your BERNINA Embroidery Software directs you to two
rich sources – BERNINA and OESD embroidery design
studios.
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 5
Software upgrades
You may upgrade your BERNINA Embroidery Software
directly via the Help menu as shown above. When
referring to your system in correspondence or by
telephone, you need to quote your Dongle Number.
You may also need to quote the Serial Number and
Identity Code. This information is found on the dongle
itself.
The information can also be found on Security Device
Options dialog accessed via the Settings menu.
Online upgrades are accessed via the Purchase
Upgrades on the Internet command in the Help
menu. The website offers you a choice of upgrade
relevant to the current level of your dongle. If your
dongle is at BERNINA EditorPlus level, the website will
offer an upgrade to BERNINA DesignerPlus.
Caution If browser security is set too ‘high’, you may be
unable to download software updates. If you experience
this problem, try setting browser security to ‘medium’.
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide
Getting Started
6
Chapter 2
Getting Started
If you are new to BERNINA Embroidery
Software or machine embroidery, you
are probably asking yourself ‘where do
I start?!’.
It’s safe to say that you will spend many
hours, both rewarding and at times
frustrating, learning how to get the
most out of your BERNINA machine and
the design software which supports it.
The two work together hand-in-hand
and it takes practice and patience to
master both the creation and
production of fine embroidery.
The results, however, will speak for
themselves, making the time you invest
all the more valuable. With each project
you complete, you will gain in
experience and confidence and be
ready to tackle the next challenge.
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 7
First things first
You don’t need any experience to start with BERNINA
Embroidery Software. You can simply open a design and
send it to your machine to ‘stitch out’. And this is the best
place to start. As you gain experience, you will be able to
‘read’ designs and identify which are good and which
may cause problems.
Sample designs & artwork
BERNINA Embroidery Software contains hundreds of
ready-to-stitch designs, including many attractive
ornaments, samples and digitizing backdrops. Design
files (ART files) and images (BMP, JPG, and WMF files) can
be found in your My Designs - Embroidery
Software 7 folder. The most valuable thing you can do
when starting out as a new user, is to spend some time
exploring these designs and getting to know what’s
available.
Note BERNINA Embroidery Software includes its own
BERNINA Portfolio design management application to
view and manage your embroidery designs. Alternatively,
explore design folders using MS Windows
®
Explorer.
Other sources
There are many other sources of ready-made embroidery
designs which you can purchase and adapt as you wish.
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 8
Your BERNINA Embroidery Software directs you to two
rich sources – BERNINA and OESD embroidery design
studios.
Clipart
CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 is packaged with a selection
of clipart which can be accessed via the program group.
Make sure you get familiar with the many clipart
samples. Many can be adapted for use with embroidery
design, either as digitizing backdrops or direct
conversion.
It may be more convenient to take a copy of the entire
CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 Clipart folder and copy it to
My Designs - Embroidery Software 7 folder for easy
reference.
Access BERNINA and
OESD embroidery
design studios
Access CorelDRAW®
clipart folders
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 9
Caution Included artwork (clipart) and embroidery
designs are only available for personal use – i.e. they
cannot be commercially sold in any form.
Rules of good embroidery
Keep the following points in mind when looking at
embroidery designs, both your own and others:
Stitches are neat, smooth and even
Design looks good – shapes, colors, balance
Shapes are filled with correct fill and outline stitches
Stitches are angled to match shapes
Shapes are stitched correctly – no unwanted gaps
Details are clearly defined
Lettering is clear and easy to read.
The stitchout should also have the following
characteristics:
The design sews efficiently on the machine
The fabric does not pucker around stitched areas
The design is free of loose ends.
Good embroidery quality starts with good design. You
then need a good quality machine to stitch it out. But
even that is not enough if you do not use the correct
fabric, threads, backings, tension, and so on. Consult
your machine manual for advice and get as much advice
from other embroiderers as you can.
Sew a ready-made design
For many embroiderers, it is enough to take an existing
design and stitch it out. This is certainly where most will
start. Once you have found a design you like, you will
want to preview it and see how it sews out. A number of
steps are involved. We outline the main ones here.
To sew out a design
Open the design in BERNINA Embroidery Software.
Open design
Send design to machine
directly or via data media
Preview design
before stitching
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 10
Adjust viewing settings as desired.
Check the fabric type and change as necessary via the
Design > Fabric Settings menu command.
Press Shift+R to preview the stitchout so you
understand how the design will sew on the machine.
Send the design to machine directly or via data media
(usually memory stick).
Check your BERNINA machine documentation for
steps involved after transferring the design to
machine.
Modify an entire design
Once you are used to the steps involved in sewing out
designs – either clipart or ones you have purchased – you
will soon want to make global design modifications such
as resizing, or changing thread colors and fabric types.
These are all relatively simple operations.
To modify an entire design
Open the design you want to use and click to select.
Adjust zoom
factor
Adjust design
view settings
Stitch count
File type
Current fabric
Run simulation
Adjust display
options
Set stitch range to
redraw section of
design
Check dimensions
and resize
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 11
Check design dimensions and resize as necessary.
For example, if you are stitching a left chest design,
maximum size will be approximately 4.25" or 108
mm square.
Adjust design thread colors as desired.
Check the fabric type and change as necessary via the
Design > Fabric Settings menu command.
Turn on the hoop. Right-click to select the required
size.
Use the Design > Background menu command to
visualize the design on a garment or article.
Send the design to machine directly or via data media
(usually memory stick).
Create a simple lettering design
Once you are used to sewing out designs and resizing,
changing colors and fabric types, you will definitely want
to create your own lettering designs. While it takes
Cycle through color
combinations
Select and apply
current color
Change threads
Turn on hoop
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 12
practice to obtain a good quality lettering stitchout, it is
as simple as typing letters on-screen to create an
attractive design in BERNINA Embroidery Software.
To create a simple lettering design
Open a design. Typically you’ll want to add lettering
to an existing design.
Add embroidery lettering to designs directly
on-screen.
Right-click the tool to change current settings. It’s a
simple matter to adjust baselines, formatting,
spacing settings, and colors.
Try stitching out your lettering design. Study the
stitch quality. Be aware that different alphabets sew
out better at different sizes.
Create an embroidery monogram
BERNINA Embroidery Software makes the creation of
monogramming designs quite simple with the
‘all-in-one’ Monogramming tool located under the
Add embroidery
lettering
Adjust lettering
baseline,
formatting, etc
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 13
Lettering tool. Optionally include lettering, ornaments,
and/or up to four concentric borders in your monograms.
Create auto embroidery
If you have graduated this far in your exploration of your
BERNINA machine and BERNINA Embroidery Software,
you are doing well. You can already achieve a great deal
without having to actually do your own design or
digitizing work. However, if you have graduated this far,
that is probably exactly what you want to do!
One of the quickest ways to get started is to use the
automated techniques BERNINA Embroidery Software
provides. While there are limitations to what can be done
this way, it nevertheless allows you to prototype design
ideas relatively simply and may be sufficient for your
purposes. At least for now!
Vector artwork conversion
Special conversion tools in BERNINA Embroidery
Software automatically convert vector objects and text to
Borders stitched
first – 1, 2, 3, etc
Ornaments
stitched next
Lettering
stitched last
Use tabs of
Monogramming dialog to
specify settings for
lettering, ornaments, and
borders
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 14
embroidery or lettering objects. These can be modified as
required.
Tip A good starting point is to use some of the many
clipart samples packaged with CorelDRAW
®
. Many of
these can be adapted for use in embroidery design.
Bitmap artwork conversion
The Magic Wand tool provides everything necessary to
digitize shapes in bitmap images automatically. An
extension of this technology, Auto Digitizer recognizes
shapes in artwork and makes decisions about the most
suitable stitch types to use.
Tip Remember to study the sample designs included
with your BERNINA Embroidery Software installation. Try
sewing out in order to understand better the techniques
involved as well as the limitations.
Next steps
If you have reached this point, you have already mastered
90% of the techniques that most embroiderers need.
Use this function to convert
between artwork and
embroidery
Use Magic Wand and
Auto Digitizer to
recognize shapes in
artwork and convert to
embroidery
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 15
However, coming to grips with the ‘black art’ of manual
digitizing is the next step in becoming an embroidery
master. But you don’t have to dive off the deep end. You
can start with quite simple projects and work your way
up to more complicated designs with more complicated
stitch effects. Refer to the Reference Manual or the many
online resources.
Special embroidery features
Once you have mastered manual digitizing, you are in a
position to take advantage of the full range of stitch
types and effects that BERNINA Embroidery Software
offers. Many of them you will be familiar with, having
already adapted existing designs for different purposes.
Some of the many techniques supported by BERNINA
Embroidery Software include:
Freehand embroidery
Patterned stamps, runs & fills
Craft stitch borders & fills
Appliqué
Cross stitching
Buttonholing
Multi-decoration
1
2
3
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide 16
Quilting
Raised embroidery
Refer to the Reference Manual or the many online
resources.
Happy embroidery!
Do good work with your BERNINA machine and BERNINA
Embroidery Software. With this equipment you have
everything you need to create top quality, fully
professional embroidery. The only thing you lack is the
capacity to mass produce!
Remember to make good use of the packaged designs
and clipart. When in doubt, go back to first principles.
And when you find you want to expand and extend your
repertoire, study the sample designs carefully to see how
it’s done.
All the best. And have fun!
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®
Embroidery Software : Quick Start Guide
BERNINA Embroidery Software Quick Reference
17
BERNINA Embroidery Software Quick Reference
BERNINA Embroidery Software integrates with
CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 into a single application. This
Quick Reference details commands and tools available in
the Embroidery Canvas and Hoop Canvas. Not all
options described here are relevant to all product levels.
See also Product Feature List in the Reference Manual.
Embroidery Canvas toolbars
The Embroidery Canvas workspace contains the
toolbars described below. Not all tools are relevant to all
levels of product.
Canvas toolbar
There are three operating modes in BERNINA Embroidery
Software accessible via the Canvas toolbar.
Note For a full description of the
CorelDRAW
®
Essentials X6 tools, refer to the electronic
User Guide available via the Windows Start > Programs
Artwork
Canvas
Import, edit or create vector artwork
as a backdrop for embroidery
digitizing, manual or automatic.
Embroidery
Canvas
Digitize and edit embroidery designs.
Display embroidery as well as
artwork. View designs realistically in
3D simulation.
Hoop
Canvas
View and edit multi-hoopings. If
embroidery is too large or contains
multiple designs spaced around an
article, split into multiple hoopings.
Show
Embroidery
Show or hide any embroidery
components.
Convert Embroidery to Artwork:
Convert selected embroidery objects
to vector artwork.
Convert Artwork to Embroidery:
Convert selected vector or bitmap
artwork to fill or outline stitches.
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